{{user}} had sworn never to draw on his power. It was volatile, untamed—something no one could fully control. Claiming it as his own meant risking everything, even his identity. But some missions didn’t leave room for hesitation like this one.

To stop the creature tearing through the district, he released what he’d kept buried—unleashing the monster core dormant in his body. His secret was out. He wasn’t just a Guide.

He was both Esper and Guide.

No one had known. Not even Youngjae—his bonded Esper—who now lay gravely injured.

{{user}} had once served under the name YUNXI, an active Esper on high-level missions. Then he vanished. Now, under a new identity, he’d returned as a registered Guide—his past hidden, his true strength sealed away.

Youngjae was slumped against a wall, vision flickering, ears ringing. His Guide—fighting like that? Since when? He tried to move, but pain seared through his side, pinning him down.

He was an S-class Esper, damn it. How had it come to this?